MV Whitethorn 8/81leg5
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/81leg5 |
| Cruise period | 1981-05-28 — 1981-06-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geology. Legs 1-6, 12-14. Principal scientists were: Chesher, Owens, Evans and Fyfe. CSU = CSU II Edinburgh
Leg 5: The purpose of this cruise was to complete the sampling programme of the Bosies Bank Sheet. The equipment used consisted of shipek grab, 4" gravity corer, and vibrocorer. |
| Chief scientist | John A Chesher (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (1.53 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Bosies Bank Sheet |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 135 Description: Shipek Grab used |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 94 Description: 4 " Gravity Sediment corer used. 100m of core recovered |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 67 Description: 6m electric vibrocorer used. Full 6m recovery was attained in 95% of the cores resulting in over 350m of core recovery in total |
